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'''John Yorke AtLee''' was a pioneer recording artist in the 1890s in the United States. He was born in [[Washington, D.C.]] on March 22, 1853. He was working as a government clerk in Washington D.C. when the Columbia Phonograph Company was incorporated in January 1889.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Brooks|first1=Tim|title=A Directory to Columbia Recording Artists of the 1890s|journal=ARSC Journal|date=1979|volume=11|issue=2–3}}</ref> AtLee was one of Columbia's star artists of the early 1890s, second only to the U.S. Marine Band.<ref>{{cite journal|last=|first=|date=1891|title=Music by the United States Marine Band (Advertisement)|url=https://archive.org/details/Phonogram1_4|journal=The Phonogram|volume=1|issue=4|doi=|pmid=|access-date=|ref=|via=}}</ref> Due to the Columbia Phonograph Company's early adoption of musical recording, AtLee was one of the first popular recording musicians.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Brooks|first1=Tim|title=Columbia Corporate History: Introduction|url=http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/resources/detail/97|accessdate=19 August 2016}}</ref>
AtLee was known for his virtuosic whistling, a style popular in vaudeville at the time. His signature tune was [[Listen to the Mocking Bird|The Mocking Bird]], an 1855 song by Richard Milburn.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|last1=Gracyk|first1=Tim|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular American Recording Pioneers: 1895-1925|date=1997}}</ref> AtLee recorded prolifically for Columbia through 1897, and in 1898 went on to record for the [[Berliner Gramophone|Berliner Gramophone Company]], singing 'The Whistling Coon' and 'The Laughing Song', signatures of [[George W. Johnson (singer)|George W. Johnson]], another prominent whistler.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000147862/196-Whistling_coon|title=John Yorke AtLee (vocalist : baritone vocal)|last=|first=|date=|website=Discography of American Historical Recordings|publisher=UC Santa Barbara|access-date=}}</ref> His final recordings were for the [[Victor Talking Machine Company]] in May 1900.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/talent/detail/953/Atlee_John_Yorke_vocalist_whistling|title=John Yorke AtLee (vocalist : whistling)|last=|first=|date=|website=Discography of American Historical Recordings|publisher=UC Santa Barbara|access-date=}}</ref> AtLee died in Philadelphia on November 24, 1933.
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'''John Yorke AtLee''' was a pioneer recording artist in the 1890s in the United States. He was born in [[Washington, D.C.]] on March 22, 1853. He was working as a government clerk in Washington D.C. when the Columbia Phonograph Company was incorporated in January 1889.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Brooks|first1=Tim|title=A Directory to Columbia Recording Artists of the 1890s|journal=ARSC Journal|date=1979|volume=11|issue=2–3}}</ref> AtLee was one of Columbia's star artists of the early 1890s, second only to the U.S. Marine Band.<ref>{{cite journal|last=|first=|date=1891|title=Music by the United States Marine Band (Advertisement)|url=https://archive.org/details/Phonogram1_4|journal=The Phonogram|volume=1|issue=4|doi=|pmid=|access-date=|ref=|via=}}</ref> Due to the Columbia Phonograph Company's early adoption of musical recording, AtLee was one of the first popular recording musicians.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Brooks|first1=Tim|title=Columbia Corporate History: Introduction|url=http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/resources/detail/97|accessdate=19 August 2016}}</ref>
AtLee was known for his virtuosic whistling, a style popular in vaudeville at the time. His signature tune was [[Listen to the Mocking Bird|The Mocking Bird]], an 1855 song by Richard Milburn.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|last1=Gracyk|first1=Tim|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular American Recording Pioneers: 1895-1925|date=1997}}</ref> AtLee recorded prolifically for Columbia through 1897, and in 1898 went on to record for the [[Berliner Gramophone|Berliner Gramophone Company]], singing 'The Whistling Coon' and 'The Laughing Song', signatures of [[George W. Johnson (singer)|George W. Johnson]], another prominent whistler.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000147862/196-Whistling_coon|title=John Yorke AtLee (vocalist : baritone vocal)|last=|first=|date=|website=Discography of American Historical Recordings|publisher=UC Santa Barbara|access-date=}}</ref> His final recordings were for the [[Victor Talking Machine Company]] in May 1900.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/talent/detail/953/Atlee_John_Yorke_vocalist_whistling|title=John Yorke AtLee (vocalist : whistling)|last=|first=|date=|website=Discography of American Historical Recordings|publisher=UC Santa Barbara|access-date=}}</ref> AtLee died in Philadelphia on November 24, 1933.
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